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Subject: Re: [docbook] Current version of DocBook and relationship between OASIS / Doc
Well explained Jirka... But I have to agree, it is all rather confusing when set out like that :-) One small (0bvious?) addition: 5.1 is being developed outside of Oasis, prior to submission to Oasis as a candidate standard. HTH On 6 November 2017 at 14:32, Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz> wrote: > On 5.11.2017 20:48, Eitan Adler wrote: >> What is the relationship between OASIS and DocBook? Both from an >> organizational and specification perspective. > > Hi, > > I will try to explain, but others feel free to add more information. > > OASIS (https://www.oasis-open.org/) is organization that develops > standards. DocBook schema is developed by DocBook Technical Committee > (https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=docbook) > following OASIS process > (https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/tc-process-2017-05-26). > > DocBook TC develops only schema for DocBook. There are other important > assets like stylesheets or documentation -- these are developed > independently from OASIS, usually by few volunteers on open-source basis. > >> What is prompting this question: >> - http://docs.oasis-open.org/docbook/docbook/v5.1/os/docbook-v5.1-os.html >> claims that 5.1 is a OASIS Standard > > That's true > >> - http://docbook.org/xml/5.1/ appears to be exist, but lacks >> docbook-5.1.zip and does not say "There is a specification for this >> release." >> - http://docbook.org/xml/5.0/ has the zip file and specification sentence > > I agree that difference might be confusing but it's not intentional. > Most likely change is caused by change in build system used and people > involved in the process. > > If you miss ZIP distribution and link to specification please fill issue > for this at: https://github.com/docbook/docbook.org/issues > >> - http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/ shows 5.0 but not 5.1 >> - http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/5.0/index.xml says "<para>This >> version has not been released yet.</para>" >> - http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/5.0/index.xml says has an >> ancient rcsdate and references alpha1 even though >> http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/ lists newer versions (betas and >> releases) > > Umm, well. Outdated info on oasis-open.org is hard to explain to > outsider. The short story is that process for updating these pages is > not very convenient and thus these pages are outdated. I suggest using > > http://docbook.org/xml/ > > instead. docbook.org domain is under control of DocBook community. > Folders at http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/ should be mirror of > http://docbook.org/xml/ -- but this setup never worked for reasons > explained above. > > Hope this helps little bit, > > Jirka > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jirka Kosek e-mail: jirka@kosek.cz http://xmlguru.cz > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Professional XML and Web consulting and training services > DocBook/DITA customization, custom XSLT/XSL-FO document processing > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Bringing you XML Prague conference http://xmlprague.cz > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. Docbook FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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